Improvement in springs for bed-bottoms



W. H. MILLER'.

Improvement in Springs for Bed Bottoms'.

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g WILLIAM H. MILLER, OF HANNIBAL, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRINGS FOR BED-BOTTOIVIS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,279, dated January 30, 1872.

SPECIFICATION. To whom it Imay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MILLER, of Hannibal, in the county of Marion and State of Missouri, have invented certain Improvements in Bed-Springs and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which, together with the letters and figures marked thereon, forms part of this specitication, and in which- Figure l is a longitudinal vert-ical section ot a bedstead fitted with niy improved spring. Fig. 2 is a top or plan View ot' the same.

Like letters of reference made use ot' in the several figures indicate like parts.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the saine with particularity, making use in so doing ofthe aforesaid drawing'.

General Description.

In the drawing, A represents the main or bottom strips, made of an elastic wood, preferably pine or bass-wood, and ot' a proper width and thickness, preferably about two `.inches in width and about threefourths of an inch in thickness, such size being suitable for bed-slats. B is a similar strip, somewhat shorter than the strip A, and lying thereon, so that the centers of the two strips are coincident. A terrule or band, O, embraces both these strips at the center and holds them firmly together. Small blocks or wedges D are driven between the strips and held there by the spring of the strips. One ot' these blocks is placed upon each side of the center. rlhis elevates the ends ofthe strip B and depresses the ends of the `strip A, as is shown in the drawing. To the ends of the strip B are nailed or otherwise secured the blocks E, made with gains, upon which rests the top slat Gr. This constitutes a complete section, a number of which sections, placed parallel to one another, constitute a bed. The bearings of the several parts are iitted with a cloth covering where it is desired to make the springs noiseless.

l do not intend to limit myself to the use of any particular material, although I have above specilied wooden slats, such being cheap and etticient.

The bed-,spring made in accordance with this invention is simple, cheap, and durable, and, withal, highly elastic.

Claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The bed or other spring herein described, consisting of the slats A and B secured together by the t'errule O, and spread apart by blocks D supporting a top slat, G, or its equivalent, substantially as speciiied and shown.

WILLIAM H. MILLER.

Witnesses D. VAN PEw, A. G. MCDANIEL. 

